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Hartford Decides

03.29.2016 – Hartford, Ct. – (Left to right) Linda Bayer and StephanieIvers help inmates inside the Hartford Correctional Center vote in the Hartford Decides participitory budgeting program. Hartford Decides provides Hartford residents the opportunity to choose from over 20 projects funded through $1.25 million in city funds. Hartford residents 13 and over are eligible to vote and the winning proposals will be announced April 2. 216 of the 993 inmates inside Hartford Correctional Center were eligible to vote. Photograph by Mark Mirko | mmirko@courant.com

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